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Sappho, 1837
Type: Brig-sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : 3 Feb 1837 ;
Disposal date or year : 1859
Disposal Details : Supposed foundered on Australian Station, Com. Fairfax Moresby . All lost.
BM: 428 tons
Notes:
30 Apr 1838 captured the slaver Camoens
16 Jan 1839 at Jamaica.
30 Apr 1839 sailed from Jamaica on a cruise.
7 Jun 1839 was spoken with at lat 20, long 2.
16 Feb 1840 sailed from Tampico for Jamaica.
5 Jun 1840 sailed from Jamaica for Charleston ;
27 Aug 1840, left Jamaica for Honduras and England.
30 Aug 1840, arrived at Belize, Honduras, from Jamaica, and sailed the following day for Vera Cruz.
26 Dec 1840 arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, from Mexico, with a freight of 738,000 dollars for Jamaica and Barbadoes.
1 Jan 1841 at Havannah.
11 Mar 1841, Jamaica, sailed for Barbadoes.
3 Apr 1841, Assistant-Surgeon George Doak, of the Magnificent, promoted to be acting surgeon of the Sappho ;
9 Apr 1841, at Barbadoes,
31 May 1841, was at Barbadoes.
23 Dec 1841, Commander E. J. Parry, appointed to the command of the Sappho, 16. on the North America and West India Station, vice T. Fraser, promoted to the rank of Captain.
1846 Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa
Jan 1848 Portsmouth, in Ordinary (reserve)
20 Dec 1848 Portsmouth.
30 Jan 1851 At Trinidad
30 Aug 1851 North America and West Indies.
28 Feb 1856 Act Mate Borthwick appt ; at Chatham
3 Mar 1856 Lt W Smth (1854) apptd ; at Chatham
18 Sep 1857 distribution of tonnage bounty awarded, for the captured Name Unknown, [per London Gazette of 20 Sep 1859].
1859 Supposed foundered